| Himalayan Wild Rhea |
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| File size | 154244 |
| Original date | 3/18/12 3:30 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 94.5mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | COOLPIX L120 |
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Botanical name: Debregeasia saeneb Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Himalayan Wild Rhea is an evergreen tall shrub or
small tree. Stem has dark brown fibrous bark scabrous, young shoots
whitish velvety. Leaves are carried on up to 2.5 cm long, densely
velvety stalk. Leaf balde is oblong - lanceshaped 2-15 cm long, 0.6-3
cm broad, silvery velvety beneath, rough and bristly above, toothed,
pointed. Stipules are linear-lanceshaped up to about 1 cm long, brown,
deciduous. Male flower clusters are larger than female flower heads.
Sepal cup of male flowers is bell-shaped, streaked orange-red and
white, velvet-hairy outside, 4-lobed, shorter than brown bracteoles,
tubular-ovoid with narrowed mouth in female flowers. Stamens are 3-5,
protruding, anthers pale purple. Fruit is fleshy, yellow, about 1.5 mm
long, pointed. Himalayan Wild Rhea is found in Iran, Afghanistan,
Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal, at altitudes of 1500-2400 m.
Flowering: March-June.
| Identification credit: Ritesh Choudhary, Gurcharan Singh | Photographed in Kalatope-Khajjiar Wildlife Sanctuary, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. |
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